Busted Borders: Benita (Mexico) – Video 4

"Clinging to hope"

In this episode, Benita talks about her hopes and dreams for attending law school.

In episode one, Benita discusses her background and the difficulties she faced growing up.

In episode two, Benita describes how a routine traffic stop has turned her life upside down.

In episode three, Benita talks about the story of Esther and God’s plan.

With the help of a grant from the Carnegie Corporation, BustedHalo.com began covering the issue of immigration in a unique way. Instead of contributing to the glut of coverage about immigration, BustedHalo is featuring stories by immigrants themselves about the issue. We distributed Flip video cameras to undocumented individuals and agencies across the country and asked them to start video blogging for a period of at least three months.

Busted Borders is an attempt to use the web’s unfiltered nature to move the immigration debate away from abstractions and statistics. Regardless of where you stand on the issue, we hope to give a personal glimpse into the humanity of these strangers in our midst. For reasons of safety, some of the participants have opted to keep their last names and locations secret.

Busted Borders is an ongoing project and we are still in its early stages. If you or someone you know is interested in participating please contact us at borders@bustedhalo.com.